June

Kala Singh came from the State of Patiala to Kenya in 1896 and eventally cofounded the firm of Munshiram, Kala Singh and Company. At the time when roads and tracks were sketchy and scarce, Kala Singh penetrated into the most forbidding Maasai reserve along with a host of other Sikh traders based in Kijabe, notably Kehar Singh, and opened multiple trading posts.

Kala Singh was known as "Kalasingha" to all the Africans and his name became attached to all the turbaned Sikhs. Sikh entrepreneurs then established businesses across East Africa, including: - Saw mills and cotton ginneries with Inder Singh Gill and Hakam Singh; - Sugarcane farming with Gurdial Singh Pandhal; - Animal drawn vehicles with Sardar Bhagat Singh; - Furniture makers with Gurdit Singh Nayer; - Bicycle shops with Sardara Singh Vohra; - Multiple Sikh owned garages and workshops.